Number 22

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

130times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.37σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 130 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 130 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 1 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 22 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest8 · chance 8.5
2nd smallest42 · chance 35.6
3rd smallest50 · chance 50.9
4th smallest25 · chance 29.3
5th smallest5 · chance 5.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 25 37 11 13 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 22 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 22 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	4	2nd	17 22 29 33 41
2026-09-24	4	2nd	15 22 29 31 38
2026-09-10	7	2nd	14 22 32 35 39
2026-08-17	17	2nd	4 22 37

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 22 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-16	2	4th	1 2 14 22 34
2025-01-09	7	4th	6 13 18 22 40
2024-12-16	3	3rd	11 20 22 24 25
2024-12-05	5	3rd	1 4 22 30 35
2024-11-18	1	2nd	13 22 26 38 41
2024-11-14	1	3rd	9 10 22 38 44
2024-11-11	13	1st	22 36 37 38 40
2024-09-26	2	3rd	11 18 22 34 44
2024-09-19	3	4th	7 12 15 22 42
2024-09-09	30	3rd	6 7 22 23 33
2024-05-27	5	4th	7 14 16 22 35
2024-05-09	1	3rd	16 18 22 25 44
2024-05-06	9	4th	7 8 18 22 38
2024-04-04	9	1st	22 24 26 28 39
2024-03-04	6	3rd	7 17 22 26 31
2024-02-12	10	2nd	9 22 25 26 36
2024-01-08	2	4th	6 11 13 22 37
2024-01-01	26	2nd	2 22 29 37 44
2023-10-02	2	4th	4 13 18 22 25
2023-09-25	8	4th	11 12 16 22 45
2023-08-28	5	4th	1 11 19 22 45
2023-08-10	17	4th	13 14 20 22 45
2023-06-12	18	3rd	11 13 22 28 40
2023-04-10	5	2nd	7 22 25 29 37
2023-03-23	3	3rd	1 7 22 32 43
2023-03-13	11	2nd	13 22 27 34 36
2023-02-02	20	2nd	2 22 29 32 42
2022-11-24	1	2nd	13 22 25 37 45
2022-11-21	1	1st	22 23 27 30 38
2022-11-17	6	2nd	8 22 34 35 41
2022-10-27	21	1st	22 26 37 40 41
2022-08-15	10	2nd	2 22 27 37 44
2022-07-11	9	5th	2 5 6 20 22
2022-06-09	20	4th	9 15 21 22 42
2022-03-31	1	2nd	4 22 31 32 38
2022-03-28	8	2nd	20 22 24 26 38
2022-02-28	34	4th	1 6 9 22 40
2021-11-01	1	3rd	4 7 22 25 29
2021-10-28	14	4th	4 11 18 22 27
2021-09-09	15	3rd	6 15 22 28 33
2021-07-19	6	3rd	9 17 22 31 45
2021-06-28	27	3rd	12 15 22 29 38
2021-03-25	13	3rd	2 17 22 30 38
2021-02-08	25	3rd	4 13 22 24 33
2020-11-12	4	3rd	13 16 22 30 41
2020-10-29	4	3rd	10 13 22 24 36
2020-10-15	16	2nd	1 22 29 37 44
2020-08-20	19	4th	8 14 15 22 25
2020-06-15	3	4th	10 11 14 22 42
2020-06-04	3	3rd	1 11 22 35 45
2020-05-25	5	2nd	3 22 24 31 38
2020-05-07	6	3rd	5 9 22 31 43
2020-04-16	12	3rd	1 12 22 39 43
2020-03-05	10	2nd	18 22 26 28 29
2020-01-30	5	2nd	11 22 31 40 41
2020-01-13	10	2nd	3 22 24 28 38
2019-12-09	1	3rd	9 10 22 25 33
2019-12-05	5	2nd	2 22 23 25 42
2019-11-18	19	3rd	7 8 22 31 32
2019-09-12	1	4th	3 15 19 22 40
2019-09-09	8	4th	16 17 21 22 40
2019-08-12	3	4th	4 9 19 22 23
2019-08-01	3	2nd	11 22 36 43 44
2019-07-22	2	3rd	4 16 22 27 28
2019-07-15	7	2nd	8 22 25 36 39
2019-06-20	20	3rd	12 18 22 33 45
2019-04-11	3	2nd	11 22 30 32 42
2019-04-01	19	3rd	10 20 22 25 36
2019-01-24	12	3rd	1 17 22 39 43
2018-12-13	48	3rd	4 13 22 26 31
2018-06-28	3	5th	8 13 16 19 22
2018-06-18	3	3rd	3 4 22 29 44
2018-06-07	8	2nd	8 22 36 38 42
2018-05-10	6	3rd	1 12 22 25 37
2018-04-19	40	2nd	18 22 28 31 44
2017-11-30	8	3rd	10 17 22 32 41
2017-11-02	29	2nd	20 22 26 35 44
2017-07-24	7	3rd	5 11 22 24 25
2017-06-29	5	2nd	13 22 37 44 45
2017-06-12	16	3rd	3 21 22 34 42
2017-04-17	11	3rd	1 6 22 32 45
2017-03-09	1	5th	4 8 11 18 22
2017-03-06	32	3rd	5 6 22 35 37
2016-11-14	9	4th	2 3 15 22 37
2016-10-13	1	4th	11 15 18 22 42
2016-10-10	3	2nd	16 22 34 39 42
2016-09-29	5	3rd	1 16 22 35 44
2016-09-12	6	3rd	5 15 22 29 31
2016-08-22	17	3rd	11 14 22 40 45
2016-06-23	4	2nd	16 22 28 35 43
2016-06-09	11	2nd	14 22 24 25 42
2016-05-02	7	4th	5 10 13 22 32
2016-04-07	7	3rd	6 14 22 24 38
2016-03-14	1	3rd	16 21 22 27 29
2016-03-10	4	3rd	5 8 22 37 41
2016-02-25	5	3rd	16 20 22 39 44
2016-02-08	4	4th	3 7 15 22 45
2016-01-25	4	3rd	4 9 22 33 37
2016-01-11	14	4th	5 17 18 22 44
2015-11-23	26	4th	1 4 17 22 26
2015-08-24	7	2nd	20 22 23 32 36
2015-07-30	20	2nd	8 22 24 28 42
2015-05-18	1	1st	22 29 33 34 40
2015-05-14	7	2nd	4 22 32 37 41
2015-04-20	5	2nd	16 22 28 33 44
2015-04-02	—	3rd	5 13 22 28 40